Recap: Boston 5 - Colorado 4
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"No! Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try." - Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back
For the most part, the Colorado Avalanche looked to be an improved team over their 2007 selves. Unfortunately, despite dominating many ares of the game, the Avs came up too short in the only category that mattered - the score. Boston took advantage of a late, fluky-bounce goal by David Krejci to spoil the Avs' season opener, 5-4.
Overall, there were a lot of positives to take from the game. The Avs spent long amounts of time ...